Thursday, April 9, 2020

Sotheby's: Arts of the American West

Northern Plains Quilled and Beaded Cloth Cradle

of typical construction, composed of hide and wool cloth, decorated with narrow strips of porcupine quillwork alternating with rows of yarn tassels, the opening stitched with beaded details.  
27 in. length




Sioux Beaded Hide Cradle

of typical construction, the sack, thread and sinew-sewn in opaque and translucent glass beadwork, with concentric rectangular devices alternating with diamond designs, the opening edged with striped panels, surmounted by a rectangular tab with additional beaded details; lined with printed cotton cloth. 
30 in. height




Early Northern Plains Beaded and Fringed Hide Dress

of classic construction with a transverse neck opening, overlaid across the shoulders with a hide strip, stitched in black and white glass pony beads, with a series of linear and cross-bar motifs, a bright blue beaded band along the hem, additional blue beaded squares trimmed with cut hide suspensions on the bodice.
53 in. length by 30 in. width





Plains Cree Beaded Robe
composed of fine, dark blue wool cloth, sewn with a concentric beadwork medallion, trimmed with a brass hawk bell and two cloth-wrapped ermine drops painted with reddish earth pigments, flanked by two men, in applique, each surmounted by a crescent shape, the whole decorated with a series of circular cloth medallions, each centering a brass bell with an ermine drop. 
41 in. by 57 in.



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